Everyone has heard of the preacher preaching about hell and basically scaring his congregation into an attempted following of Christ for the fear of what hell is. So then the congregation goes home petrified of hell so they temporarily stop every sin that they know they are doing. They stop cursing, drinking, smoking, etc... And they have no problem whatsoever telling others about their sins and warning them about this horrible place called hell. Hell is real!!! It is a terrible place for those who do not believe and accept Christ. But, that is not what should be the only cause of following Christ. We were made to worship and to obey. Out of the love for Christ because His love for us. Worship and Obey out of love. Most people follow because of the wonderful news of heaven. They go for an alter call at church and say a prayer simply because they hear of the ferocity of hell and the joy of heaven. We dont really care who God is, or what Jesus has done. We take lightly the fact that we are sin and God is love and He sent His son Jesus to die on a cross for all of our sins so that we may meet God and be right with Him in the end of times. We dont care that our job on this earth was to worship and obey Him and that we were made for His glory. We seem to just care about heaven and hell. Well heaven and hell IS real, but the love of Christ should be the factor that moves you to love and follow Him. Because of Him dying and being raised from the dead just for us. Let that be what moves us to be a disciple of His. -AJ
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